Toy airplane



April 16, 1946.

S ORKIN TOY AIRPLANE Filed March 1, 1945 IIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIII I,"1111,11,. III I,

I N V EN TOR. 1/54 Gem/v 5.4M BY Patented A r. 16, 1946 I I 2,398,391

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOY AIRPLANE Samuel Orkin, Los Angeles,Calif. Application March 1, 1945, Serial No. 580,367 4 Claims. (CI.46-46) This invention has to do with a toy and has For purpose ofexample it may be considered articular reference to a toy airplane, itbeing a that the airplane A is formed or built up in the general objectof the invention to provide a manner common to toy aircraft. I haveshown operable to drive the plane to a height from the rear or tail endof the fuselage. In accordwhich the plane can glide. In accordance withance with typical toy aircraft construction the my invention I provide arocket propelled airfuselage Iii may be a hollow or shell-likestrucplane operable to be driven by the rocket to a ture having partscorresponding to the parts considerable altitude from which point theplane commonly found in full size airplanes, for inis free to glide asit makes its descent to the stance, it may have a nose portion l4,cockpit ground. portion l5, etc.

Another object of my present invention is to The rocket B employed incarrying out my in rovide a toy airplane of the character described 16vention is an expendible element and is preferwhich acts to free itselfof the propelling rocket ably an ordinary powder-charged rocket such asvide a'toy airplane of the character hereinabove any suitable powder orcombination of powders described involving means for ejecting an exsothat when the fuse is ignited 1t ignites the pended rocket from theairplane proper to posipowder so that the products of combustion jettively assure separation of the airplane and from the rear end of. therocket and thus drive rocket when the rocket becomes expended. therocket forward. r

The various objects and features of my inven- In accordance with thebroader principles of tion will be fully understood from the followmypresent invention I apply the rocket to the ing detailed description ofa typical preferred airplane so that the rocket when ignited serves formand application of my invention, throughto driv the airplane. Inaccordance with my out which description reference is made to thepreferred arrangement the rocket is engaged with accompanying drawing,in which: the fuselage 01' the airplane since that element Fig. 1 is aside elevation of the toy provided of the airplane is centrally locatedand is most by my invention, showing it in the position in convenientfor the reception of the rocket. In which it starts .to fly. practice Iprefer to provide a socket member 30 Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailedsectional view in the fuselage I 0 which socket is centrally lotakensubstantially as indicated by line 2-2 on 4 cated within thefuselage andis longitudinally Fig. 1, showing the rocket in the position in whichdisposed therein and is arranged so that its rear it is shown in Fig. 1.end portion is at or projects slightly from the tail Fig. 3 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 2 showing the end of the fuselage. The socket ispreferably se rocket ejected from the airplane proper. cured to orrelated to the fuselage so that it serves Fig. 4 is a detailed sectionalview taken as indito reinforce or brace the airplane construction. catedby line 4-4 on Fig. 2. The particular socket element shown in the Theconstruction that I have provided involves, drawing is a straighttubular part fixed within primarily, an airplane A, a rocket B, andejectthe fuselage and open at its rear end, or at the ing means C forejecting the rocket from the air tail of the fuselage, and closed at ornear its forplane. ward end by a wall 3|. The socket 30 is provided Inaccordance with the broader principles of primarily as a slidablesupport or mounting for my invention the airplane A is a toy airplane,that the rocket, the parts being proportioned so that is, a miniatureaircraft or a small-scale reproducthe rocket freely slides in thesocket. The wall tion of a large airplane, and it may vary widely in 3|at the forward end of the socket is fixed and size, shape, proportionand construction. forms an abutment or reactionary part to communicatewith forward driving force set up by ordinarily will happen suddenly. asthe powder the rocket, it being understood. of come. that burns out, theelecting means acting between the the socket is suitably anchored orfixed in the forward end of the rocket and the end SI of the fuselage sothat the driving force from the rocket socket, having been put undercompression due is communicated from the sockettothe airplane I to theforward thrust of the rocket, acts to todrlve the air-pane forward.elect the rocket from the socket. Since the It is also to be understoodthat the various rocket iits loosely or freely in the socket it is tsare arranged, proportioned, related and easily ejected therefrom andwill fall from the balanced so that the airplane will be driven upsocketby gravity if the plane is in the proper wardiy at a suitable angle asthe rocket burns, position. causing the airpane to be driven to aconsider- Once the rocket has been ejected from the airable height.plane the airplane continues in flight, the parts The ejecting means Cprovided by my invenbeing balanced and proportioned so that the tion ispreferably a simple helical spring, that is. airplane will naturallyglide. The airplane hava compression spring arranged between the innering been driven to a substantial height by the end ll of the socket andthe forward end of the rocket will glide a considerable distance, andits rocket. In practice I may employ a light wire performance in the airwhen the plane is propspring proportioned to effectively eject therocket erly designed will afford an unusual degree of from the socketwhen the rocket has become examusement. pended. The spring may be aloose or floating Having described only a typical preferred form elementsimply arranged freely between the end and application of my invention,1 do not 3| and the forward end of the socket, or it may to be limitedor restricted to the specific details be attached to one of the parts,that is, either herein set forth, but wish to reserve to myself to thesocket or to the rocket. In the particular any variations ormodifications that may apcase illustrated I have shown the spring havingpear to those skilled in the art and fall within its forward endattached to the and SI of the the scope of the following claims: socketby a suitable clip or fastener 40. Having described my invention, Iclaim:

In operating the structure of the present inl. A toy including anairplane having a holvention the rocket B is arranged in the socket lowfuselage open at its tail end and wings carpreferably so that it has asmall portion pro- 30 ried by the fuselage, a rocket inserted in thejecting from the rear end of the airplane toavoid fuselage through itsopen end and free to fall danger of any part of the airpane becomingtherefrom when expended, and means for ejectignited by the products ofcombustion issuing ing the rocket from the fuselage. fromthe rocket.Where the ejecting means is 2. A toy including an airplane having ahollow to be employed as it preferably is, the spring as fuselage openat its tailend and wings carried forming the ejecting means is arrangedin the by the fuselage, a rocket inserted inthe fuselage socket ahead ofthe rocket. To operate the toy through its open end and free to falltherefrom it is arranged at the proper angle for flight and whenexpended, and a compression spring for the fuse 20 is ignited. Thecombustion or operelecting the rocket from the fuselage. ation of therocket drives the plane forward and, 3. A toy including an airplanehaving a fusedue to the manner in which it has been launched lage andwings, a socket in the fuselage open and the setting of the parts, suchas the wings at the tail end thereof, a rocket engaged in the and tailparts, it advances forward and upward socket free to fall therefrom, andmeans for electto a considerable height. So long as the rocket ing therocket from the socket. operates, that is, as long as the products ofcom- 4. In combination, two members, one a toy bustion are issuing fromthe rear end of the airplane the other a rocket, the airplane havingrocket at a rate to drive the airplane the rocket an opening to looselyhold the rocket, a spring remains in the socket and its forward thrustis for electing the rocket from the airplane, and

communicated to the airplane to drive it formeans fastening the springto one member.

ward.

when the rocket becomes expended, and this SAMUEL ORKIN.

